Blazin’ Squad star talks about Love Island stint ahead of 90s gig

David Jackson

Blazin’ Squad star Marcel Somerville believes his stint on reality TV show Love Island has played a big part in the 90s band’s revival.

The band is set to appear in the region later this year when they perform as part of the StepBack! 90s concert at the Ricoh Arena’s Ericsson Indoor Arena.

Between 2002 and 2004 the ten-piece band achieved six Top 10 hits in the UK Official charts, including Crossroads which reached number one, followed by Flip Reverse the following year that peaked at number two.

Six of the founding members are set to entertain thousands of nostalgic revellers at the Ericsson Indoor Arena this autumn – the result of a conversation between some of the band members last summer.

“While I was on Love Island Blazin’ Squad’s streaming levels on Spotify went up by 2,500 per cent, which is just unreal,” said Marcel.

“My involvement with Blazin’ Squad was a big part of my story on Love Island, which in a way has rejuvenated interest in the band.

“When you think of Blazin’ Squad you tend to think of ten kids, but my appearance on the show has reminded people that we are all grown up now, and even prompted a new generation to check out our music on Spotify.

“Before I went on Love Island I had been doing some gigs in London with a couple of the other boys, but when I got home there was six of us who were up for getting back together as the offers started to come in.”